Published 24 Feb 2023
Professional learning to support teachers implementing F-10 Languages curriculum
To support teachers implementing the Victorian F–10 Languages curriculum, VCAA is offering three short online professional learning sessions on how to use the VCAA's suite of free online language assessments.
Developed with and hosted by the Australian Council for Education Research (ACER), the online VCAA Language Assessments consist of a series of multiple choice listening and reading tests in Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek and Spanish.
The assessments provide a snapshot of each individual student's receptive reading and listening skills, which can then be used to better target the student's learning needs.
The professional learning sessions will provide teachers with an understanding of the online language assessments and how they can be used to better target individual students' learning needs.
Sessions
Beginner's guide to the online VCAA Language Assessments
Thursday 9 March 2023, 4pm – 4.30pm
This session is for teachers new to the online language assessments. Along with introducing teachers to the VCAA Language Assessments, this session will show teachers how to register to use them, and an example from a listening and reading question will be shown.
Using the online VCAA Language Assessments
Tuesday 2 May 2023, 4pm – 4.30pm
This session covers how the VCAA Language Assessments can be used and how they link with the Victorian Curriculum F-10.
Online VCAA Language Assessments - data and reports
Tuesday 10 May 2023, 4pm – 4.30pm
This session will focus on the data and reports available to support teachers using the online language assessments. It will also provide teachers with an understanding of how the data and reports can be used to inform their teaching.